Fla. AG Says Pot Legalization Proposal 'Misleads Voters'

By David Minsky

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is opposing a new effort to legalize recreational marijuana through a ballot initiative, telling the state's high court that the proposal is invalid because it "misleads voters." 

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Fla. Insurance Broker Gets New Trial For $1M Damages Verdict

By David Minsky

A Florida state appeals court reversed a nearly $1 million jury award against an insurance broker over coverage for two businesses following Hurricane Matthew in 2016, granting a new trial after a jury found the company liable for breach of fiduciary duty and negligent misrepresentation. 

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11th Circ. Rejects Asylum Despite Guerrilla Group Threats

By Hailey Konnath

The Eleventh Circuit on Monday refused to upend a decision denying asylum for a Colombian mother and son who were attacked and repeatedly threatened by a violent guerrilla group, ruling that the mother hasn't shown that the Colombian government permitted the group's actions.

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House To Review Trump's Veto On Tribal Everglades Bill

By Crystal Owens

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have agreed to consider Thursday objections to President Donald Trump's veto of bipartisan legislation that would save a Florida tribe's camp within Everglades National Park from flooding.

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Chancery Orders $25K Daily Sanction In Trump Media Dispute

By Jeff Montgomery

The blank-check company that took Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. public last year drew a $25,000 per-day sanction on Monday in Delaware's Court of Chancery after refusing an over $2 million legal fee advancement bill arising from litigation involving a former CEO in Florida.

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Trade Group Pushes For SEC's Off-Channel Comms Data

By Jessica Corso

The American Securities Association urged a Florida federal judge Monday to require that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission produce information showing how it calculated the massive penalties it imposed in a Biden-era off-channel communications sweep, saying that the agency had forfeited its main argument for withholding the documents.

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L3Harris Strikes $845M Sale Of Space Propulsion & Power Biz

By Ganesh Setty

Defense contractor L3Harris Technologies Inc. announced on Monday that it will sell a controlling interest in its space propulsion and power systems business to a Florida-based private equity firm for $845 million, as part of a broader business reorganization.

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Nicklaus Takes Aim At Bankrupt Golf Co.'s Ch. 11 Loan

By Vince Sullivan

Retired professional golfer Jack Nicklaus is opposing the Chapter 11 financing and sale procedures floated by sporting gear and golf course design company GBI Services, saying the business is trying to sell assets that include valuable intellectual property that he owns.

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Luminar Says Ex-CEO Won't Cooperate With Ch. 11 Probe

By Yun Park

Luminar Technologies, a developer of lidar technology for autonomous vehicles, has told a Texas bankruptcy judge its former chief executive is refusing to cooperate with a subpoena and provide information it needs to investigate potential estate claims.

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Average Quinn Emanuel Partner Payouts Rise To $9.5M

By Aebra Coe

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP saw a 10% uptick in its profits per equity partner in 2025, bringing the firm's average partner pay up over $9 million last year amid an active litigation market, a firm spokesperson confirmed Monday.

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Feature

His Client Got A Pro Se Suit. Then The AI Filings Started.

By Chris Villani

Employment attorneys say the increased use of AI by pro se plaintiffs has the potential to clog dockets, drag out cases and make litigation significantly more expensive.

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McGuireWoods Atty Fined Over Citation Errors In BoA Suit

By Chart Riggall

A Georgia federal judge has slapped a McGuireWoods LLP attorney with a $1,500 fine for using incorrect citations in a brief lodged in a recently dismissed mortgage suit against Bank of America.

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Quinn Emanuel Contempt In $600M Row Probed By Fed. Circ.

By Ryan Davis

A contempt finding against Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP that contributed to a more than $600 million patent judgment against the firm's former client NortonLifeLock was scrutinized by a Federal Circuit panel on Monday, with one judge saying the order appeared to be invalid.

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Wis. Judge Resigns After Conviction In ICE Arrest Case

By Jack Karp

A Wisconsin state judge has resigned from the bench after being convicted of felony obstruction for helping an unauthorized immigrant in her court evade arrest by federal immigration officers, the Wisconsin Assembly speaker confirmed to Law360 Monday.

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Federal Court Wrong Place For Judges' Suit, Justices Told

By Elaine Briseño

Federal immigration officials have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an appellate decision that allowed immigration judges to hash out their spat over a newly created speech policy in district court instead of within the congressionally designated special review system.

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Roundup

The Top In-House Hires Of December

By Michele Gorman

Legal department hires during the last month of 2025 included high-profile appointments at Apple, Berkshire Hathaway and LPL Financial. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from December.

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